Improvement in bolt-cutter



' @uitten tatz gnent @frn lTHOMAS W. MOORE, OF RICHMOND, i'NDIANA.

Letters .Patent No. 74,575, dated February-18, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN vBOLT-Gl'JITIER.

To ALL 4 WHOM 1r MAY OONOERN:

Be it known lthat I, THOMAS W. MOORE, of thecity oi' Richmond, 'andState of Indiana, have invented a newandnseful Improvement inBolt-Cutters; and I do hereby 'declare that the following is a full,clear, and

exact 'description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a. part of this speciication.' in which- Y p Figures 1und are perspective views of reverse sides of' the invention, and Figure3 is a section, showing cutting-bit. l i

The same letters in the di'erent'gures refer to corresponding parts.

- My invention relates to a tool for cutting the superfluous ends frombolts, and consists of a pair of tongs, like levers, having theirfulcrum-rivet near one end, the operationof-eutting consisting in n.shears-like movement of the levers. The cutting-edge in my invention,however, being'unlike that of shears, is situated on one end ofa lever.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use Ymy invention, Iwill proceed'to describe it with reference to the drawings.

A represents the lever, on which thecutting-edge is malle. In theaccompanying-example, a bit is dovetailedl into the` end of said lever.The cutting-edge may be formed On the end of lever Aitsel, when thelatter is composed otsuitable metal, which, if desirable, (as I prop'oseto make the levers of malleable iron, for cheapness in constructiom) maybe obtained by forming the enclof leverA suitably for the purpose, and

riveting on asteel end. The lever B is' provided with a rectangularaperture, b, opposite the cuttingedge of` t lever A, which aperture is-made of a size suitable to allow the tool tolbe passed on'said nut, fora. res-t during the Operation ofcutting, which is done by bringing thehandle-ends of said levers together, a,nd the bolt` thus clipped olf.For greater durability, the screw or holte is made of steel.

v'lhe advantages` of my invention are, its superior cutting qualities,its simplicity, cheapness, and durability. Having thus fully describedmy saifl invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is i The combinationof lever A (provided with cutting-edge, asset forth) and leverB,'(povided with :aperture 5,) when operatingsubstantially as and for the purpose described. v

Witnesses;

JOSEPH RIDGE, VW. R. WEBSTER.

THOMAS W. MOORE.

